Sash for windows



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G. MOORE. SASH FOR WINDOWS.

Patented Aug. 10, 1897.

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GEORGE MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SASH FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,846, dated August10, 1897.

Application filed December 16,1896. Serial No. 615,850. (No model.)

Io all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sashes for Windows,of which the followingis a specificatiomreference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved sash which shallbe more particularly fitted for use in car-windows, although capable ofmore general use.

My invention is fully set forth in the following description, and thenovel features thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claimat the end of this specification. In the said description reference ismade to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation ofa window-sash embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 ofFig. 1. corner of the sash, showing the construction more clearly. Fig.4 is a view in vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

It is desirable that sashes for car-windows should combine greatstrength with comparative lightness, while at the same time presenting aconstruction which will permit of the ready removal of a broken pane ofglass and the insertion of another pane. By the employment of myinvention a sash meeting these requirements is produced.

Having reference to the drawings, 1 is the glass of the window. 2 is thebottom rail, 3 is the top rail, and 4 at the stiles, of the sash. Thetop and bottom rails are formed, preferably, from wood, the edge whichreceives the glass in one or both of the said rails being rabbeted orcut away at the inner side to permit of the glass being placed inposition in the said rails. When one only of the said rails is rabbeted,the other will be grooved or channeled to receive the edge of the glass.After the glass has been placed in position a beading 5, of wood orother suitable material, is placed next the glass on the rabbeted edgeof the rail and secured in place by nails 6 or other suitable securingmeans. The stiles each comprise an exterior piece 7, preferably ofmetal, to give rigidity, strength, and durability to the sash, and whichexterior piece 7 is of the L or angle shape in cross- Fig. 3 is a detailof onesection that is shown in Fig. 2. These metal pieces form theexterior surface of the sash, as also the lateral edge portions thereof.Inside each ofthe said metal portions I place an L'-shaped or rabbetedstrip 8, preferably of wood, against the thinned or rabbeted edge 9 ofwhich the edge of the plate of glass abuts. A packing 19, of rubber orthe like, isv employed between the glass and the stile. The thickerportion of the said strip 9 is of a thickness equal to the projectingportion of the metal part 7 of the stile, so that when the said strip isplaced inside the said metal portion 7 the surface of the thickerportion of the said strip 9 will be substantially flush with the edge ofthe said projecting portion of the said metal part 7, as will be clearfrom Fig. 2. The said strip 8 is secured to the metal portion 7 byscrews 10 or other suitable securing means. A retaining-strip 11 isplaced in the rabbet in the said strip 8, said strip 11 being of athickness equal to the depth of the said rabbet. It projects over theedge of the glass, so that the latter is firmly held, and the strip 11is secured to the strip 8 and metallic portion 7 by means, preferably,of screws 12, which may be unscrewed from the inside of the car when itis desired to remove the retaining-strips 11 in order to take out abroken pane and replace it by a new one. The ends of the metallicportions 7 project across the ends of the top and bottom rails, thelatter being grooved or cut away to receive the ends of saidmetallic'portions 7. The said top andbottom rails are united to the endsof the said metallic portions of the stiles by means of screwsorsimilarsecuring devices.

By the construction above set forth a very strong, durable, andrelatively light sash is 7 obtained which may be employed with advantagewhere, as in the case of windows which are curved vertically, there isconsiderable wear on the stiles in opening and closing the windows. Thesaid construction'affords ready means of removing a broken pane andinserting in place thereof a new pane.

I claim as my invention- The improved sash comprising the top and bottomrails, one or both thereof being rab: beted and having the removablesecuring- IOO strip provided with means to retain it in place, and thestiles consisting eachof the L-shaped metal exterior piece, the rabbetedstrip 8 In testimony whereof I affix mysignattire 7 against which theedge of the pane 'of glass in presence of two witnesses. abuts, and theremovable retaining-strip l0- cated in the rabbet of the said rabbetedstrip, GEORGE MOORE 5 overlying the said pane, and provided withWitnesses:

means to secure it in place, substantially as WM. A. MAOLEOD, described.ALICE I-I. MORRIsON.

